Sean Armstrong wrote:
>
> >Hello Blackbox Users,
> >
> >I was impressed by the supporting comments for blackbox, so I installed
> >it with KDE enabled.
> >
> >Here is the dumb question. I read the install and run notes but nothing
> >tells me how to actually start it ie get it on my desktop. Has the
> >install not worked or am I missing something obvious?
> >
> >Please be kind.
> >--
> >Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA
> >Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
> >
> I just changed my Xclients file to read:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> kpanel &
> kfm -d &
> /usr/local/bin/blackbox
>
> Of course you don't have to add the lines kpanel & and kfm -d &, I added
> these so that the desktop icon for kde and the kpanel would appear. These
> are my own tastes. The blackbox binary was located in my /usr/local/bin
> file. Make sure that you place the bsetroot bin somewhere where the OS can
> access it ie. /bin . Then just save this to your Xclients file, remember to
> back up the original Xclients file in case something goes wrong. Then just
> run startx from the command line prompt and you will be on you way.
> left/right clicking the desktop will pull up the blackbox menu, which
> probably needs to be edited to work properly with your system (..very easy
> to do), or the iconify menu.
> Have fun, and spread the word. Blackbox is the fastest and easiest to
> modify GUI out there.
>
> SA
Thanks Sean,
It works and I am evaluating it. I appreciate the kpanel and kfm
additions. It seems faster, but not markedly so. I find it cumbersome
to shut down - is there a way of having it start (run level 5) and
shutdown by default if I decide to go with it.
Regards.
--
Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street, NOOSAVILLE, QLD, 4566, AUSTRALIA
Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mobile: 0419 535539 Fax: Phone first.
